The dependence of quasar variability on black hole mass

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 989-999

  Wold, M ^a   Brotherton, M S ^b   Shang, Zhaohui ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Quasars: general

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; LUMINANCE; STARS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

BLACK HOLE MASS; BOLOMETRIC LUMINOSITIES; LIGHT CURVES; PHASE 1; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; QUASARS:GENERAL; SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY; SPECTRA'S; TIME LAG; TIME-SCALES;

SURVEYS;

EID: 33846974041     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.11364.x     Document Type: Article

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